Kafar Takharim
كفر تخاريم | |
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Town | |
  Kafar Takharim | |
| Coordinates: 36°6′59″N 36°30′53″E / 36.11639°N 36.51472°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Idlib |
| District | Harem |
| Subdistrict | Kafar Takharim |
| Population (2004)[1] | |
• Total | 10,084 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Kafr Takharim (Arabic: كَفْر تَخَارِيم, romanized: Kafr Takhārīm, also spelled Kafar Takhareem or Kfar Takharam) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Idlib Governorate, located in the north of Idlib. Nearby localities include Harem to the north, Salqin to the northwest, Abu Talha to the west and Armanaz to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Kafr Takharim had a population of 10,084 in the 2004 census.[1] The town is also the administrative center of the Kafr Takharim nahiyah which consists of nine villages with a combined population of 14,772.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.[2]
- ^ a b c General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2013-03-13 at the Wayback Machine. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Idlib Governorate. (in Arabic)
- ^ Boulanger, 1966, p. 479.